Twitter gets another round of funding — Tweet and ye shall have. — A source familiar with the negotiations tells me that Twitter signed a term sheet for “either $15 million or $20 million” last week. We're still trying to find out who is in, but the word is that it's largely an inside round …

Twitter Raises $20 M? That's News, Why? — Twitter has raised between $15 m and $20 m according to Cnet. Twitter's next round of cash has been a subject of much blogging and speculation and scrambling around trying to get the scoop. I haven't been doing any of that, frankly.

Rumors: Apple working on iTunes controller for iPhone — An anonymous tipster tells TUAW that according to code found in the latest firmware release, Apple is working on a new iPhone application called iControl. Like Apple TV and other remote controllers, it would allow the iPhone …

My Social Media Consumption Workflow — Amidst watching some talk about how they are reducing time in Google Reader due to information overload, or switching away from one service for another, whether due to its features, the friends, the noise or the content, I've been thinking a bit …

Users Demand Expertise at How-To Web Sites — IF the Internet can make anyone a star, can it turn Barnes & Noble into one, too? — The bookseller has taken another step beyond its traditional business into the online publishing world, recently introducing Quamut.com …

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus — (This is a lightly edited transcription of a speech I gave at the Web 2.0 conference, April 23, 2008.) — I was recently reminded of some reading I did in college, way back in the last century, by a British historian arguing that the critical technology …

Why Sharing is Great — So many people out there are so proprietary with their art and their photography. All of my photos on Flickr are Creative Commons licensed — non commercial. They can all be used by people for personal use and by non-profits. — Frequently I get people asking me for permission to use my photography.

AMD launches ‘business class’ Phenom, Athlon chips — AMD on Monday announced “business class” versions of its Phenom and Athlon processors for the commercial markets. The big pitch: PC manufacturers will maintain AMD's business class systems for 24 months to ensure that systems aren't phased out before they are deployed.

Bloggers offer glimpse of uncensored Cuba — HAVANA - Only a month has passed since ordinary Cubans won the right to own computers, and the government still keeps a rigid grip on Internet access. — But that hasn't stopped thousands from finding their way into cyberspace.

Microsoft Says Yes With Mesh — Back in the good old days, big software companies did big things. Little companies tiptoed around in the shadow of the platform makers, gaining enough speed to liftoff and attract enough attention to survive long enough to be acquired.

Microsoft: Pondering the alternatives to Yahoo — Microsoft's Saturday “negotiate or else” deadline for Yahoo has passed with an eerie silence. Yahoo's board is reportedly meeting Sunday-you'd think the company would have met before the deadline, but I guess we're all prone to procrastination.